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“A notorious inability to express emotions makes human beings the only animals capable of suicide.”

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This novel delves into the multifaceted nature of love, examining its various forms and the impact it has on human lives. more

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Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton is a Swiss writer and philosopher known for his books on philosophy, art, and culture. His work is characterized by its accessible exploration of profound themes, which has won him a wide audience. more

“..there she is, and I am watching her through plexiglass, and she looks like Margo Roth Spiegelman, this girl I have known since I was two–this girl who was an idea that I loved. And it is only now, when she closes her notebook and places it inside a backpack next to her and then stands up and walks toward us, that I realize that the idea is not only wrong by dangerous. What a treacherous thing it is to believe that a person is more than a person.”

Believe Looks Persons Two Ideas Girl Next Realizing Walks Known Dangerous Notebook Treacherous This Girl Margo Roth Spiegelman

Author:John Green

“If he'd expected to be pampered and coddled through his undercover assignments, he would have gone to work for the CIA.”

Ifs Gone Expected Cia Assignments Undercover Pampered

Book:A Lot Like Love

Source: A Lot Like Love

“Jordan couldn’t keep the smile off her face. “Yeah, I like this guy. He rescued me from a crazed man with a gun, he makes me laugh, and he calls his mother Ma. I’d say he’s a keeper.”

Men Faces Mother Guy Laughing Gun Yeah This Guy Jordan Keepers Make Me Laugh He Makes Me Laugh

Author:Julie James

“Isn't it possible that I'm not feigning interest? That I really do want to know more about you?" "You've never been interested in me before." "You've never been interesting before." -Cassandra and Paige”

Knows Want Interest Interesting Paige Feigning

Author:Kelley Armstrong

“Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.”

Running Generations Breaths Grandfather My Generation

Author:Stokely Carmichael

“It's wrong to hurt even bad people. Because they don't know any better, and because bad people sometimes become good.”

People Knows Sometimes Hurt Bad People

Book:The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

Source: The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

“Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as your thinking.”

Thinking Running Sports Training

Author:Lauren Oliver

“The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world.”

World Lasts Fall Building Solemn Gravestone

Author:Dan Wells

“I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately, when the fate of the world is in question, you use whatever tools are available.”

Ifs World Use Wanted Fate One Thing Regret Tools Available Tyrants I Regret

Book:Mistborn Trilogy

Source: Mistborn Trilogy

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